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Totoro
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“What, I wondered, did he mean by “society”? The plural of human beings? Where was the substance of this thing called “society”? I had spent my whole life thinking that society must certainly be something powerful, harsh and severe, but to hear Horiki talk made the words “Don’t you mean yourself?” come to the tip of my tongue”
— Oct 31, 2024 11:12PM
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Totoro
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“Unhappy people are sensitive to the unhappiness of others.”
— Oct 31, 2024 11:56PM
Totoro
is 66% done
“Society. […] It is the struggle between one individual and another, a then-and-there struggle, in which the immediate triumph is everything. Human beings never submit to human beings. […] The incomprehensibility of society is the incomprehensibility of the individual.”
— Oct 31, 2024 11:18PM
Totoro
is 65% done
“Society won’t stand for it.
It’s not society. You’re the one who won’t stand for it—right?
If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it.
It’s not society. It’s you, isn’t it?
Before you know it, you’ll be ostracized by society.
It’s not society. You’re going to do the ostracizing, aren’t you?”
— Oct 31, 2024 11:13PM
It’s not society. You’re the one who won’t stand for it—right?
If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it.
It’s not society. It’s you, isn’t it?
Before you know it, you’ll be ostracized by society.
It’s not society. You’re going to do the ostracizing, aren’t you?”
